Hello from South Korea!

Hello everyone!
Felt like it was time for a bit of an update from me... even though there isn't anything really new going on. (Other than the former South Korean president dying and causing my super fun concert to be cancelled. Bleh...state funerals and their 6-days of mourning...)

Anywho, the job is still going well. Plus I start another side job tomorrow. And my website gave me permission to write about the underground Korean rock scene, which makes me incredibly happy. I get to write about my friends. I'm still trying to get tickets for the ASF concert next month, but it's still not looking too good...

Um, let's see... looking for a roommate since my landlady raised my rent by about $100 a month... just so I could keep Issie. But I have to hide her from the neighbors... It's been about two years since I've really had one so I'm kind of nervous... Up to date four with a guy, but the jury is still out on anything long-term. Though at the moment, things are looking favorable... but then again, you know me...

And yea... that's my life as of now in a nutshell... How is everyone else doing?

Getting Back Up

I have fallen to my knees
As I sing a lullaby of pain
I'm feeling broken in my melody
As I sing to help the tears go away

Then I remember the pledge you made to me

I know you're always there
To hear my every prayer inside
I'm clinging to the promise of a lifetime
I hear the words you say
To never walk away from me and leave behind
The promise of a lifetime

Will you help me, I'm falling apart
Pick me up, take me in your arms
Find my way back from the storm
And you show me how to grow
Through the change

I still remember the pledge you made to me

I am holding on to the hope I have inside
With you I will stay through every day
Putting my understanding aside

And I am comforted

—"Promise of a Lifetime" by Kutless

This song randomly came up on my iTunes just now ... I had pretty much forgotten about it but it's extremely calming.

Maybe I've been looking in the wrong place for comfort, not that I didn't already know that.

I actually am pretty much recovered from the betrayal of the last six months of my life. Don't get me wrong, I will always cherish it and if he ever decides he can handle friendship I'd be elated, but I'm confident in who I am and know there is so much more for me to look forward to. Honestly it's not even been on my mind much lately.

My stalker is currently not talking to me, which I find humorous. I mean if he wants to believe a drunk ex-coworker who he never talks to and is notorious for lying over sober me who he talks to all the time and has never lied to him ... it's really not worth the effort to even think about it. In fact, it kind of makes me laugh. Actually it makes me want to roll on the floor laughing. The word "holla" is not even in my vocabulary. If that doesn't make sense to you, feel free to ask me the story.

Spent last weekend in Minneapolis with some new friends in the business group I recently got started with. It was a lot of fun, not to mention refreshing, to hang out with people who are motivated about their future and believe there's something better out there. I'm content with where I am but I'm never content to stay there ... if that makes sense.

Headed up to Chitown this weekend to hang with a buddy of mine and meet some people he thinks I need to hang out with ... should be interesting. Also might be headed out to an upline's ginormous house with the friends from last weekend.

Lately my life has been consumed with web design whether it's at work or in my freetime.

I've been working with my buddy Drew to set up an awesome website for him. Tried super hard to get it done before he left but failed due to its extensiveness. It's going to be pretty sweet when it's done. I hate that he had to go, though. I don't handle goodbyes well, especially not with close friends. We pretty much told each other everything.

I totally got busted for having pics downloaded from his MySpace ... haha. I had done that a year ago when I had a huge crush on him apparently. I totally forgot about it and came across them accidentally when he was over late one night and we were trying to find the right picture for an article on the website.

Luckily he found it as amusing as I did. While I deleted those after finding them, I now have a ridiculous amount of much better pictures anyway that he downloaded from his photo shoot.

I would've flipped out a year ago which is humorous to think about now.

Oh, I moved. I'm in a house now.

My neighbors already probably think I'm psychotic since I always bounce up and down on my exercise ball when I use my computer ... my window faces the street and I have yet to get curtain rods ... so all they see is me bouncing up and down.

I excel at first impressions.

:)

mwah

I have a croissant, vanilla chai, and internet access. Life is good.

I also have a song to recommend. "Fireflies" by Owl City. It was a free download on Itunes a few weeks ago, so if you keep up with that and you haven't listened to it yet, you should. Other songs I've got on repeat are "Starlight" (by Muse) and "F-f-f-falling" (by The Rasmus).

No reason to post aside from spreading some good feeling and music love. Hope y'all are doing well. Peace.

Help!

Hey, guys!
So there is this thing going on here called "A Night of 1000 Plays" and a friend of mine is helping promote it. Anyway, I've been challenged to write and directed a 3-minute play. Sounds easy enough, right? Eh...I need help thinking of ideas for a short-short play. Anything come to mind? Here are a couple of my ideas, but I'm not sure if they are good/humorous/entertaining enough... Also, it doesn't have to be funny, but could be serious as well.

1. First Date: Basically a humorous recollection of my first date with a Korean guy (if you can remember). Basically, he goes on about his school and job trying to impress the girl, and she has no idea about any of it. (Re-read my post about Korean dating if you need a refresher...)

2. How to Be a Star: Could be a monologue with some background acting of a foreigner's advice on how to be a mega-Korean star. (Again, based on a blog post about my dream to be a Korean Star.)

3. A Journalist's Plight: Something short and funny about journalists...if there is anything short and funny about journalists...

So yea...I NEED HELP!

I Like Chocolate Milk

No, really, I do.

I'm picturing that in Cheese's voice though.

Which makes me think of Bre.

Here's my horse.

It's way past my bedtime and I am delirious and heartbroken right now so I'm just going to stop with that.

Ha.

More later.